José Mourinho had his serious face on yesterday when he took his seat on a
dais at the Bernabéu, but he lightened up when asked about Wayne Rooney
being labelled a “hooligan” in one Spanish newspaper.

Surveying a room full of his arch critics, Mourinho broke into a thin smile.
“Every week,” he said, “I’m called a lot worse.” Mourinho is not paranoid.
He just thinks that half of Madrid is out to get him.

Last night the Real coach took his squad to a different hotel from the one
they usually sleep in on the eve of home matches.